Our client is a leading engineering & technology contractor working on some of the most exciting projects within UK defence and security.   The Role As a Senior Software Assurance Consultant you will be supporting software delivery across multiple projects as part of a team that provides Independent Technical Assessment of the software in safety critical/related aircraft systems. Day-to-day, you’ll be carrying out Independent Technical Evaluation on aircraft focusing on the safety of the software.   Your responsibilities will include:

• Populating software safety arguments under a goal structure establishing that a baseline exits for the software under review
• Establishing that the software is targeted to be developed to a known software standard
• Establishing that process has been followed and the software development and verification process is established and meeting the correct standards
• Evaluating any changes down to the source code level which is written in SPARK Ada and the reviewing of the associated Spark Analysis
• Providing assessment in a format suitable to the project and interface with business systems and safety subject matter experts.

Essential experience of the Senior Software Assurance Consultant: 

• Strong knowledge of aircraft software development and of the recognised software development standards
• Extensive experience of Safety Critical Software development and safety engineering concepts
• Experience working as a Software Technical Assessor or extensive experience working as a software engineer in a Safety Critical environment.

Essential qualifications for the Senior Software Assurance Consultant:

• A Technical Degree (Computer Science, Maths, Engineering or equivalent) or relevant technical experience

NB. Applicants must be eligible to obtain UK government security clearance.